Johnson, who recently appeared in Savages and Anna Karenina, will not make a decision on the project until he has read the final script, according to Deadline.

Man of Steel star Henry Cavill, X-Men: First Class's Caleb Landry Jones and Scoot McNairy have previously been linked with Godzilla, while Joseph Gordon-Levitt is understood to have turned the movie down.

Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures are planning to take Godzilla back to its roots, with a gritty and grounded take on the classic Toho property.